Giluach 3 – Para. 2-3a. The 13 Tikkunim of the Beard; Azus deKedusha – Holy Persistence; Chanukah and the 13 Attributes of Kindness, Bechukosai.
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Hilkhos Giluach 3 is based on Likutey Moharan 30.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 2. The spiritual importance of the beard and the meaning of the concept of the “Beard of Hashem”. The 13 Tikkunim of the Beard correspond to the 13 principles through which the Torah is acquired.
12:00 – דִּבְרֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֔ים בְּנַ֖חַת נִשְׁמָעִ֑ים מִזַּֽעֲקַ֥ת מוֹשֵׁ֖ל בַּכְּסִילִֽים – “The words of the wise are heard [when spoken] softly, more than the shout of a ruler of fools” (Koheles 9:17).
*18:00 – Q&R about how the spiritual attributes of hair relate to women.
21:00 – חֶ֗רֶב נֹקֶ֨מֶת֙ נְקַם־בְּרִ֔ית – “…an army that avenges the avenging of a covenant…” (Vayikra 26:25, Bechukosai). וְעַל־חַרְבְּךָ֣ תִֽחְיֶ֔ה – “And you shall live by your sword…” (Bereishis 27:40, Toldos).
25:00 – Tikkun HaBris protects אמונה – faith – and purity of mind.
28:00 – NOTE – analogy of a child operating the controls of a war room and not seeing any results.
30:00 – Q&R about the connection between physical actions and spiritual consequences.
31:00 – Q&R about the prerequisites necessary for learning and/or teaching kabbalah.
34:35 – PARAGRAPH 3. Rebuke is a kindness. Azus deKedusha – holy persistence – relates to the 13 Tikkunim of the Beard which correspond to the 13 Attributes of Kindness. (Reference to Zohar Naso 130). פִּיהָ פָּתְחָ֣ה בְחָכְמָ֑ה – “She opens her mouth with wisdom…” (Mishlei 31:26).
*42:48 – NOTE – During Chanukah the Shekhina HaKadosha makes a bikur cholim visit into our homes. Chanukah and the 13 Attributes of Kindness. Yaakov is 7 times Y – K – V – K and Yosef is 6 times Y – K – V – K. The combination of these two aspects of Hashem’s 13 Attributes of Kindness.
48:03 – Biographical note about Rabbi Michel Dorfman ז”ל when he was first arrived in Meah Shaarim from Russia and had to make a decision about wearing a streimel.
50:37 – “Sometimes preparing for a mitzvah is just as important as the mitzvah itself.”
53:00 – Closing blessings.
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